POW Camps in USAThere were about 665 POW Camps in the U.S. during WWII, 21 in Canada. I respectfully suggest you contact the NPS site in Andersonville, Georgia. The historic theme of the park is American POW's in all wars, but they also cover what it was like to be a POW of our nation, at a camp within the U.S.

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For a history of the POW camps in the United States during WW2, please refer to Dr. Arnold Krammer's fantastic book, NAZI PRISONERS OF WAR IN AMERICA, Davis Fiedler's book, THE ENEMY AMONG US and CAMP GRANT by Gregory S. Jacobs, Historian and author.

I am aware of prisoner of war camps in the State of Washington in the Pacific Northwest of the United States for: Germans, Japanese and Italians. I was born in Washington State therefore I am able to confirm the information.

I am referring to Ontario Canada. I visited a site in 1964 and have photos of a camp at mile 34 Pic River, Marathon, Ontario. In 1999 I visited the Little Martinette Lake POW camp northwest of Marathon. Is there a map showing these and other Ontario Canada camps?

Dulag Luft Frankfurt-am-main, Germany All (Interrogation) 1 Stalag Luft I Barth, Germany Officers, 3 Stalag Luft III Sagan, Poland Officers, 3s Stalag Luft III-South, 3c Stalag Luft III-Central, 3w Stalag Luft III-West, 4 Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow, Poland Enlisted Men, 6 Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug, Germany Enlisted Men, 7a Stalag VII-A Moosburg, Bavaria Officers & EM, 13d Stalag XIII-D Nurnberg (Nuremberg), Bavaria Officers, 17b Stalag XVII-B Krems, Austria Enlisted Men

HOSPITALS - LAZARETT LOCATIONS L9b Lazarett IX-B Bad Soden, Germany Hospital L9C(a) Reserve-Lazarett IX-C(a) Obermassfeld, Germany Orthopedic Hospital

SECONDARY POW CAMPS - 8th AF CREWMEN 5 Stalag V Officers & EM, 8b Stalag VIII-B Teschen, Poland Enlisted Men, 10b Stalag X-B Bremervorder, Germany Enlisted Men, 18c Stalag XVIII-C Markt Pongau, Austria Enlisted Men

Dulag Luft Near Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany Interrogation Camp Dulag Luft was the first stop for most United States Army Air Force Personnel captured in German occupied Europe. Newly arrived POWs were usually told "Vas Du Das Krieg Est Uber" - "For You the War is Over." Hardships, suffering, deaths, illness, etc., in subsequent POW camps, proved that our POWs were very much a part of the war until their 1945 liberation. Location: There were three installations: Interrogation center at Oberursel; Hospital at Hohemark; Transit camp at Wretzlar Opened:1942 POW Strength: From 1,000 per month in late 1943, to an average monthly intake of 2,000 in 1944. The Peak month was July 1944 with over 3,000 Allied Airmen and paratroopers. Since solitary confinement was the rule, the capacity of the camp was supposedly limited to 200 men. Strength on any given day averaged 250. Camp Description: The camp had four large wooden barracks. Two of the barracks contained about 200 cells eight foot high, five foot wide wide and twelve feet long. Each cell held a cot, table, chair and an electric bell for the POW to call a guard. The third barrack contained the administrative headquarters. The fourth barrack, an L-shaped structure, held the interrogation offices, files and records. The camp was surrounded by a barbed wire fence and the perimeter was not equipped with floodlights or watchtowers. Interrogations: Each prisoner was held in solitary confinement for a limited period of time - usually four or five days. During rush periods as many as five men were held in a cell. The interrogators used various methods in an effort to obtain operational information from the captured airmen. Most POWs gave only the information required by the Geneva Convention - Name, rank and serial number. After interrogation the men were sent to a transit camp and then to their established POW camp. Liberation: On 25 April 1945 American troops overran Oberursel. The camp had already been vacated by German personnel and records destroyed or moved elsewhere. Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany(Officers) Location: At Barth, Germany - A small town on the Baltic Sea 23 km northwest of Stralsund. Opened: Near the end of 1942 as a British Officer POW camp. Closed in April 1942 with British Officers moved to other POW camps. Reopened in October 1942 with transfer of 200 RAF NCOs from Stalag Luft III. In early 1943 a small number of American POWs fluttered into the camp from time to time. By the end of 1943 American POWs flowed into the camp at a constant rate. They were initially held in the South Compound but this was eventually combined with the West Compound. POW Strength: Held 5076 American Officers by January 1944, 3,463 in April 1944 and 7,717 and 1,427 British POWs at the time of liberation in April 1945. Camp Description: South Compound: Opened in 1942. Had very inadequate cooking, washing and toilet facilities. West Compound: Opened in 1942 - Had inside latrines and running water in the barracks. North 1 Compound: Opened in February 1944. Formerly housed Hitler Youth personnel. Had a communal mess hall, inside latrines and running water taps. North 2 Compound: Opened on 9 Sept 1944. Constructed similar to the South Compound. North 3 Compound: Opened on 9 Dee 1944. Constructed similar to the South Compound. Each barracks contained triple tiered wood beds with mattresses filed with wood chips. Each had a communal day room but equipment was sparse. North I and West Compounds contained a kitchen barrack, theater room, church room, library and study room. These were used by all compounds. Stoves for heating and cooking varied in each compound and all were inadequate. Most building were not weather proofed and were not properly ventilated. This made for difficult living conditions during the cold winter and hot summer periods. Prior to the spring of 1944 the compounds were intercommunicating with gates kept open during the day. After that the gates were closed at all times. The perimeter was enclosed with a double set of electrified barbed wire with guard towers and flood lights at strategic locations Liberation and evacuation: With Russian troops approaching German personnel left the camp on 30 April 1945. After contact was made with the Russians arrangements were made to evacuate the liberated POWs by air. This was completed by 15 May 1945,

There was a POW camp located near Whitewater Lake in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba Canada. The camp consisted of temporary buildings. Housed in the camp were 560 prisoners captured in North Africa. The camp was in operation from Oct. 1943, until the end of the war in 1945. The prisoners were then all sent back to Germany. I have visited the site many times and some of the remains of the camp are still there today.

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An additional source I have found on the topic is a book titled "Stalag Wisconsin: Inside Ww II Prisoner of War Camps" SKU: 09781878569837. I did find the above answer to be very informative.

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